i havent heard that. i knew it was changed to 2 a while ago, but i havent heard anything about not giving it to children under 6.

i cant actually remember the last time my ds needed any pain releif, and i havent needed to buy any for ages. but i cant beleive since ds was born less than 3 years ago the age has changed from 6 months to 6 years.

medised - now for children over 6 years of age only

Hi, don't know if this is the right place to post but found out today that medised is now only suitable for children over 6 years of age. They are in the process of redesigning the packaging. I asked at the pharmacy why this was and apparently it is due to allergic reactions and a number of cases of hallucinations have been reported. I still had a bottle in packaging saying suitable for 3 months and up, didn't even know it had been changed to 2 years and over last year oops, shows how often we use it though!

Last time I bought some which was only in the last couple of months it had been re-packaged saying for 2yrs +. I always gave it to DS when he was a baby if I really felt he needed it at night and after DD had her operation when she was 1yr old the hospital said it was OK to give her it at night if I needed to. She has had a sore throat and bad cold this week and I have given it to her when she goes to bed to ease her breathing and help her sleep. I think they have upped the age on it because some irresponsible parents were using it to get their LO's to sleep when they didn't actually need it iyswim.

I have never found it makes my dd sleep, she doesn't have it that often, in fact the bottle we're using still says from 3 months on it & was brought when dd was 1 year old (just over 2 years ago). But I have heard of Mum's giving it to children to make then sleep rather than it's proper use.

i had no idea that the age had changed. the bottle ive got says suitable from 3 months! and its not that old! my little girl is only 7 month now!will definately stop using it now, she doesnt like the taste anyway, prefers calpol